kin-ching

Updated: May 21, 2025

Pekin is a city sui generis, with its Kin-Ching, or prohibited city, sacred to royalty; its Hwang-Ching, or imperial city, exclusively for court officials; its Tartar division and Chinese division, all completed according to the grand khan and Confucius. Happy Celestials!

Hubert Howe Bancroft - Some Cities and San Francisco, and Resurgam